Mult-Material Manufacturing

Higher performing materials are necessary to meet the demand of technological advances. The difficulty has been to combine two or more materials with distinct properties into a single component for enhanced product performance. One such difficulty is the fabrication of components that combine a high conductivity core (heat transfer) with a high durability surface (strength or hardness) for a variety of manufacturing applications. The challenges of developing such multi-material components are:

Joining dissimilar metals/alloys

Part distortion during fabrication

SOLUTION

DMD can add a variety of materials precisely at select locations on the part which allows for fabricating multi-material components with functional properties. This innovative solution eliminates the need for assembling multiple parts with different metals which saves cost and reduces manufacturing time.